Liminal Fictions in Postmodern Culture
The Politics of Self-Development
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Word Count
50,250 words, Guess
Page Count
201 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-101137550813
- ISBN-139781137550811
- Library of Congress Control Number2015010481
- OCLC Control Number908250408
- Better World Books9781137550811
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL28280219M
Classifications
- LCCPN56.S46 P477 2015
- LCCPN1-6790PN45-PN57PN8
Description
Liminal Fictions in Postmodern Culture: The Politics of Self-Development examines postmodern literary, musical, and cinematic narratives that seek to inspire critical thought and conduct through provocation. From Darrieussecq's Pig Tales to Salinger's Franny and Zooey, Thomas Phillips argues liminal narratives offer an antidote to the modern commodification of the self. The development of both self and community, Phillips asserts, relies on the capacity to transcend habitual ways of occupying time and space. Interweaving his argument with theorists such as Terry Eagleton and Deleuze and Guattari, Phillips discusses a wide range of topics such as psychoanalysis, digital humanities, horror films, popular music, homelessness, and theology, reframing how readers encounter twentieth- and twenty-first-century texts.
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